Skip to main content

Whitsun Treat, Caerau

Description

Many older residents recall the ‘Whitsun Treat’. Back in the 1960s this was an annual outing on Whit Monday (the day after Pentecost) held in the fields at Caerau hillfort. Residents recall as children sitting on the back of a lorry being taken up to the field next to St Mary’s. One local resident recalled “Thinking back the adults must have had a busy time planning and organising the Whitsun treat. The weather was always unpredictable. There was a fair and games and sporting events. There was always food with mothers volunteering to make cakes and prepare sandwiches.” Fragments of coconut shell found during the recent excavations at the hillfort may be the remnants of those fairground games!

Owner:
CAER Heritage Project
Creator:
CAER Heritage Project
License information:
Copyright Details:
CAER Heritage Project
Item uploaded:
25/4/2014
Views:
2257
Favourites:
0

More items with these tags

Contact Us

To request take down or report racist, offensive or otherwise harmful content.

Man writing a letter

You must be logged in to leave a comment